Join us for a fun-filled Movie Screening Day at the Highlands Stratford Branch Library! We’ll kick things off at 12:00 PM with How to Train Your Dragon, complete with snacks, crafts, and exciting coloring pages for kids and families. Later, return at 5:00 PM for How to Train Your Dragon 2, where we’ll keep the creativity going with crafts, coloring pages, and delicious pizza. It’s the perfect chance to enjoy two beloved movies and hands-on activities in a welcoming community space.
Tweens
🎥🎬 Lights, laughter, and classic cartoons! 🎥🎬
Calling all teens—come hang out at the library for a special cartoon
Bring your own favorite snacks 🍫🍪🥤 to enjoy while you watch and get ready for a fun-filled break with nonstop cartoon comedy. If you love animation and humor, this is the perfect event for you!
Calling all teens and tweens! This is your space to relax and unwind. Draw and color, play some games, do a craft, or hang out with your friends—the possibilities are endless!
No registration is required. This event is open to ages 12 to 18.
Go nuts for strategy this season! The Chess Nuts club invites kids to cozy up for some winter-time fun with chess and other classic board games. Whether you’re a total beginner or a budding grandmaster, you can learn new tricks, challenge new friends, and get in the holiday spirit with games that warm the brain like chestnuts roasting on an open fire. All levels welcome!
*Recommended for ages 7 to 13
Go nuts for strategy this season! The Chess Nuts club invites kids to cozy up for some winter-time fun with chess and other classic board games. Whether you’re a total beginner or a budding grandmaster, you can learn new tricks, challenge new friends, and get in the holiday spirit with games that warm the brain like chestnuts roasting on an open fire. All levels welcome!
*Recommended for ages 7 to 13
Go nuts for strategy this season! The Chess Nuts club invites kids to cozy up for some winter-time fun with chess and other classic board games. Whether you’re a total beginner or a budding grandmaster, you can learn new tricks, challenge new friends, and get in the holiday spirit with games that warm the brain like chestnuts roasting on an open fire. All levels welcome!
*Recommended for ages 7 to 13
Go nuts for strategy this season! The Chess Nuts club invites kids to cozy up for some winter-time fun with chess and other classic board games. Whether you’re a total beginner or a budding grandmaster, you can learn new tricks, challenge new friends, and get in the holiday spirit with games that warm the brain like chestnuts roasting on an open fire. All levels welcome!
*Recommended for ages 7 to 13
Come get crafty at the Barbara Bush Branch Library on our Tween Craft Day!
Have some fun creating a different project each month. All materials will be provided.
This program is strictly for ages 8 to 12. If there are Littles in your group, please come to the Family Place play area to engage in age appropriate distractions while the siblings are crafting new creations.
Supplies are limited, so please pick up a ticket from the Children's staff prior to the program.
Join us on the first and third Thursdays of the month at Inklings, our teen creative writing club. Bring your writing to share and get feedback from other teens. Any kind of writing is welcome, from short stories to fanfiction, poetry to novels! This program is open to ages 12-17, 18 if in high school. Email virginia.gonzalez@hcpl.net for more information.
Take a break and enjoy doing a variety of jigsaw puzzles in the teen space! Work individually or with friends while you listen to music and put together puzzles. This program is open to ages 12-17, 18 if in high school.